Category: Science

The Minoan civilization flourished between roughly 2000 and 1500 B.C. on Crete and nearby islands. How did it come to an end?

New research from the Democratic Republic of Congo offers a behavioral and anatomical portrait of a species that can achieve surprising athletic feats. (Image credit:

A site in southwestern China holds a wide array of strange life-forms that emerged prior to the Cambrian explosion, and it pushes back the origin

A transplant drug that has been used for decades can preserve the function of insulin-producing cells in young children who are newly diagnosed with type

Although babies born from parents with allergies are also more likely to have them, there are a number of outside factors that affect whether and

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is illuminated by a screen inside the darkened Orion spacecraft on the third day of the agency’s Artemis II mission. To

NASA’s Artemis II crew has successfully launched on a mission that will take it around the moon and back to Earth. A key maneuver Thursday

This quiz tests what you know about octopus anatomy and behavior.

A veteran space reporter describes the full-body experience of watching NASA’s historic Artemis II lift off

April 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over

Mathematician Richard Elwes surveys googology, the study of enormous numbers, in a new book.

Many of the photos that have come out of the moon mission so far were taken by crew members. NASA says the crew is getting

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with NASA’s Kelsey Evans Young, the Artemis science flight operations lead, about the rigors of space and the lunar slingshot to

There is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency’s move doesn’t in itself guarantee